Available Facilities
GMT offers a large panel of wind tunnels, for aerodynamic and acoustic test, covering very low Mach number to hypersonic Mach numbers.
Wind tunnels are located in 3 different areas in France: Modane-Avrieux, Le Fauga-Mauzac (near Toulouse) and Saclay (close to Paris).
- 5 continuous wind tunnel covering Low speed (few m/s) up to Mach 3.1,
- 3 blow-down wind tunnels covering Mach 0.1 up to Mach 21,
- 4 additional wind tunnels for specific applications.
Continuous Wind Tunnels
| Facility Location |
Type Power |
Test section Area or LxH |
Speed Mach number |
Reynolds number (in Millions) based on 0.1√S |
| F1 Fauga |
Continuous pressurized subsonic 9.5 MW |
4 model-carts 4.5x3.5 m2 |
≤ 123 m/s (M ≤ 0.36) |
8 |
| F2 Fauga |
Continuous atmospheric subsonic 0.75 MW |
1.4x1.8 m2 | ≤ 100 m/s | 1.1 |
| CEPRA19 Saclay |
Continuous atmospheric aeroacoustic 7 MW |
Open jet Ø 2 m | ≤ 130 m/s | 1.3 |
| Open jet Ø 3 m | ≤ 60 m/s | 0.8 | ||
| S1MA Modane |
Continuous atmospheric sub/transonic 88 MW |
Cart #1: 40/42.6 m2 slotted walls |
M < 1 | 7.3 / 7.5 |
| Cart #2: 45 m2 solid walls |
M < 1 | 7.7 | ||
| Cart #3: 45.4/47 m2 solid walls |
M < 1 | 7.7 / 7.9 | ||
| Cart #3:38.5 m2 anechoic walls |
M ≤ 0.85 | 6.7 | ||
|
S2MA |
Continuous pressurized sub/trans/ supersonic 55 MW |
Transonic 1.75x 1.77 m2 |
M ≤ 1.3 | 5.3 |
| Supersonic 1.75 x 1.93 m2 |
1.5 ≤ M ≤ 3.1 | 4.0 |
Blow-down Wind Tunnels
| Facility Location |
Type Power |
Test section Area or LxH |
Speed Mach number |
Reynolds number (in Millions) based on 0.1√S |
| S3MA Modane |
Blow-down pressurized sub/trans/ supersonic |
Transonic 0.76 x 0.68 m² |
0.1 ≤ M ≤ 1.3 | 3.5 |
| Supersonic 0.76 x 0.80 m² |
1.65 ≤ M ≤ 5.5 | 3.2 | ||
| S4MA Modane |
Blow-down hypersonic |
Ø 0.68 m | M = 6.4 | 1.7 |
| Ø 1 m | M = 10 | 0.9 | ||
| Ø 1 m | M = 12 | 0.35 | ||
| F4 Fauga |
Arc heated high-enthalpy hypersonic 2.5 - 17 MJ/kg |
Nozzle 1: Ø 670 mm | 8 < M < 17 | 2 |
| Nozzle 2: Ø 670 mm | 7 < M < 13 | 3 | ||
| Nozzle 3: Ø 430 mm | 6 < M < 11 | 5 | ||
| Nozzle 4: Ø 930 mm | 9 < M < 21 | 1 |
Other aerodynamic facilities
| Facility Location |
Type Power |
Test section Area or LxH |
Speed Mach number |
| S4B Modane |
Model engine calibration facility (vacuum tank) |
Test rigs for 4" to 10.65" Turbine Power Simulators and nozzles |
N/A |
| BD2 Modane |
Test bench for nozzles / afterbodies with heated core and secondary flow |
Mass-flow:30 kg/s Pressure: 25 bar Temperature: 1150 K |
N/A |
| R4 Modane |
Cascade wind-tunnel | 2D width: 120 mm Reynolds number: 3.3 106 (chord 100 mm) |
M = 0.3 à 1.6 |
| TURMA Modane |
Test rig with two stage turbine, co or contrarotating |
Mass-flow: 11 kg/s Pressure: 4 bar Temperature:450K Power: HP 2MW ; BP 0.75MW |
N/A |